![]() ![]() It contrasts March's insistence on realism and naturalism, exemplified by his incorporation of real-life stories within the fictional work, with Anderson's and Warner Brothers’ de-naturalizing alterations. ![]() This article studies the text and reception of The Bad Seed as it is transferred and transformed through these media (that of the naturalist novel, Broadway play, and controversial Hollywood movie) with a critical focus on stylistic naturalism, sex, and reproduction. The same year, Maxwell Anderson's play version hit Broadway to high acclaim, and, in 1956, Warner Brothers released a popular film adaptation. In April 1954, William March's The Bad Seed, a novel about a dysgenic child murderer named Rhoda, was published and became an instant bestseller. ![]()
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